In
a recent interview with Oprah Winfrey, in which the two
discussed the media mogul's career and OWN cable network, Weiner
made an aside to explain that he had found that most people never
ask themselves a vital question:

"When people ask me about the way to maximize their likelihood
for success or achieving their career objectives — and it sounds
like an oversimplification — but it starts by asking yourself the
question, 'What is it you ultimately want to
accomplish?'

"And it's amazing to me how often I'll sit down with someone
who's five, seven years into the throes of their career and
they're not happy, and what's happened is they've been swept up
in a stream of opportunism, a hot job, or a promotion, or more
money, as opposed to taking the time to ask themselves what it is
that they want to do," he said.

Weiner explained that when someone finds the sweet spot where
passion and skills meet, which results in a purpose, it's
remarkable how quickly people who ask this question turn their
careers around.

"As soon as you have that moment of clarity, you start to
manifest it, explicitly and implicitly," he said. "And it's not
in some New Age way — it's very real. It's a very real thing."

You can watch part two of three of Winfrey's interview with
Weiner below, courtesy of LinkedIn: